Predator Hunting
Predator hunting tips and tactics for bears, bobcats, coyotes, wolves and more.
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Bear Hunting
Ben Lilly and the Desert Grizzly, From the Archives
![An illustration of the last grizzly bear in Colorado attacking a hunter.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/killing_last_griz_colorado.jpg?w=800)
Animal Attacks
I Killed the Last Grizzly in Colorado
![The Best Coyote Calls of 2024](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/01/Coyote-Calls.jpg?w=675)
Coyote Hunting
The Best Coyote Calls of 2024
![coyote rut](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/coyoterut.jpg?w=675)
Coyote Hunting
Coyote Tactics: How to Hunt the Coyote Rut
![An illustration of a boy riding a horse with his dog in front.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/22/hunter_riding_home_with_dog-scaled-e1700678237199.jpg?w=817)
Bear Hunting
The Thanksgiving I Spent Alone in the Woods
![We reviewed the best coyote traps for 2023.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/31/best_coyote_trap_opener.jpg?w=718)
Coyote Hunting
The Best Coyote Traps of 2024
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Conservation
Mountain Lion Hunting Ban Filed in Colorado
![What does a black bear eat? In this case, a mouthful of dandelions.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/16/bear_eating_Dandelions.jpg?w=604)
Bear Hunting
What Do Black Bears Eat?
![aggressive wolf encounters](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/26/GettyImages-157403068-scaled.jpg?w=675)
Animal Attacks
When Wolves Attack: 5 Close Calls from Wolf Country
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Bear Hunting
Trolling for Bears in British Columbia
![Grizzly paw and 6.5 Creedmoor cartridges](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/14/grizzly-and-6.5-creedmoor-scaled.jpeg?w=600)
Bear Hunting
Grizzly Hunting with a 6.5 Creedmoor
![boy with a black bear](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/25/IMG_9158-scaled.jpeg?w=600)
Bear Hunting
A 7-Year-Old Boy’s First Bear
![Hunter Ty Bell stands on a ridge in Idaho grizzly country.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/19/hunter_scout_ridge.jpg?w=792)
Return to Scout Ridge
![Ideal shot placement for where to shoot a bear is a slightly quartering-away bear like this one.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/23/IMG_2042-scaled.jpg?w=675)
Bear Hunting
Where to Shoot a Bear, and How to Recover It
![man with black bear carcass](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/11/popov_with_bear.jpg?w=800)
The Ex-Communist Bear Baiter of Dore Lake
![A turkey hunter in Montana listens for gobbles.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/12/hunter_west-scaled.jpeg?w=600)
Big Game Hunting
Hunting License Sales Have Fallen Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels
![florida ranch alligator](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/07/florida_ranch_alligator.jpg?w=675)
Big Game Hunting
Massive 12-Foot Alligator Killed on South Florida Cattle Ranch
![bear meat vending machine 1](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/04/bear_meat_vending_machine_1.jpeg?w=675)
Bear Hunting
Bear Meat Vending Machine a Huge Hit in Japan
![ohio coyote 1](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20/ohio_coyote_1.jpg?w=675)
Conservation
Tagged Coyote Travels 100-Plus Miles Across Ohio
![old magazine pages](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/10/01_opener.jpg?w=800)
Hunting Cougars with Ben Lilly, the Last of the Mountain Men
![grizzly with ear tags in meadow](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/23/grizzly_ear_tags.jpeg?w=800)
Where Do All the Problem Bears Go?
![Jim Carmichel with rifle and bear.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/03/01_carmichel.jpg?w=800)
Jim Carmichel’s Favorite Hunting Rifles
![coyote hunting dogs 1](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/03/coyote_hunting_dogs_1.jpg?w=482)
Coyote Hunting
How Coyote Hunting Dogs Decoy In Predators
![coyote hunting lake superior](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/21/DSCN0539.jpg?w=769)
Coyote Hunting
Hunting Coyotes on Frozen Lake Superior
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Coyote Hunting